Kristina

“Variant of Christina — Follower of Christ” — Ancient Greek, via Latin and French origin

Girl's name · #1724 in the US (2025) · 80s

Kristina reached #57 in 1985 and has faded to #1724 since. About 137,000 girls have carried it since 1915. Kristina's short forms are Kris and Krissie. Together with its spelling variants Christina (#770) and Cristina (#1622), Kristina would rank around #496 with about 600 births last year — the newborns split about 59/21/20 across Christina, Cristina, and Kristina.

Around the world: about 1 in 410 girls in Slovenia (2025) · about 1 in 5,400 girls in Norway (2025) · about 1 in 6,000 girls in Austria (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Kristinas

Kristina Mladenovic — French and Serbian tennis player
Kristína Peláková — Slovak singer
Kristina Šmigun-Vähi — Estonian cross-country skier and politician (born 1977)
Kristina Orbakaitė — Russian-Lithuanian singer and actress (born 1971)
Kristina Schröder — German politician (CDU)

In stories & tradition

Kristina Davis — General Hospital
Kristina Frye — The Mentalist
Kristina — The Makropulos Affair

What Kristinas become

Among 2,035 notable people named Kristina:

Medical professionals appear 2.68× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kristina Hänel, German physician.

Similar names: Cristina · Natasha · Christine · Christiana · Kaydence · Krystal

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